The RiderBloomsbury Publishing USA, 16 aug 2018 - 160 pagina's The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport. Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing. Tim Krabbé begins this story at the very start of the Tour de Mont Aigoual, ready to race his rivals through the mountains of Central France. Over the course of the 150 pages that follows, Krabbé takes his bike 150 kilometers, and pulls his readers into the life of the sport he loves. The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece, and the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast. |
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Pagina 9
... Despuech. Baloney. This race lasts I40 kilometers. Despuech is crazy. Despuech is only showing us that he doesn't stand a chance in hell. He knows it too, but still it's a fact: he has to choose between finishing at the back after ...
... Despuech. Baloney. This race lasts I40 kilometers. Despuech is crazy. Despuech is only showing us that he doesn't stand a chance in hell. He knows it too, but still it's a fact: he has to choose between finishing at the back after ...
Pagina 10
... Despuech is truly out of sight. Anyone in this bunch could do What Despuech is doing, which isn't to say there's not a certain athletic prowess to it. The speed I keep up effortlessly among the wheels he must exceed on his own. He has ...
... Despuech is truly out of sight. Anyone in this bunch could do What Despuech is doing, which isn't to say there's not a certain athletic prowess to it. The speed I keep up effortlessly among the wheels he must exceed on his own. He has ...
Pagina 12
... Despuech could have given him the slip any time. Meifiret was able to establish those records only because no one else dared to. They're records in the most literal sense. Tour de France 1951. Eleventh stage: Brive—Agen, I77 kilometers ...
... Despuech could have given him the slip any time. Meifiret was able to establish those records only because no one else dared to. They're records in the most literal sense. Tour de France 1951. Eleventh stage: Brive—Agen, I77 kilometers ...
Pagina 13
... Despuech is nowhere in sight. We're still following the river. Bathers look up, wave, shout something we can't hear. 'Who the hell goes cycling on a hot day like this?' Five kilometers: Sauveplane escapes. Another idiot. In his yellow ...
... Despuech is nowhere in sight. We're still following the river. Bathers look up, wave, shout something we can't hear. 'Who the hell goes cycling on a hot day like this?' Five kilometers: Sauveplane escapes. Another idiot. In his yellow ...
Pagina 14
... Despuech like a piece of fluff, shake off Sauveplane like a tattered washcloth on the first climb, for the final hundred kilometers I'll solo out in front, my victory will be talked about for years to come. I feel the burning pain that ...
... Despuech like a piece of fluff, shake off Sauveplane like a tattered washcloth on the first climb, for the final hundred kilometers I'll solo out in front, my victory will be talked about for years to come. I feel the burning pain that ...
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